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HoopsFest to thrill basketball fans; police hunt man who cut off ankle monitor

Basketball action is coming to Perth.

Regional Express has announced plans to fly from Melbourne to Perth, with fares as low as $299 one way. Meanwhile, police are searching for a man on the run after allegedly removing his ankle monitoring bracelet. Follow our live coverage here.

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Days of grand gestures for Indigenous reconciliation over, WA premier says

Premier Roger Cook has ruled out pursuing a state-based Indigenous Voice to parliament while suggesting the days of big reconciliation gestures like that are likely over.

Perth’s second Starbucks gets green light

A contentious $14.5 million precinct featuring global coffee chain Starbucks has been approved, despite community opposition.

Mother guilty of forcing daughter into marriage which ended with her murder in Perth

Mother guilty of forcing daughter into marriage which ended with her murder in Perth

Halimi killed his new wife at their Perth home in January 2020 and is serving a term of life in prison in WA, with a minimum of 19 years.

WA students are not watching lectures any more. This uni did something about it

Kylie Ridder and Kim Beasley believe students prefer podcasts to lectures.

Murdoch University teachers noticed the decline in students attending or watching lectures online and made a change. 

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Drugs worth more than $6m found stashed on cargo ship in Fremantle

Australian Border Force intercepted 120kg of MDMA using sniffer dogs after the ship docked in WA on its way to NSW in February.

‘Much-loved son’: Rich list family stands by suspected drug kingpin

The father is the epitome of the migrant success story; the son is one of the nation’s most wanted suspected criminals.

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Underworld figure nicknamed ‘The Punisher’ survives second execution attempt

Sam Abdulrahim

The former bikie and professional boxer was allegedly lured out of a Melbourne property on Friday morning and shot at, with the offenders on the run.

Lehrmann pursued by former landlord over alleged damage

The owner of a luxury Sydney pad where Bruce Lehrmann lived rent-free under a deal with the Seven Network has appeared for the first time in a NSW tribunal.

After heart surgery, Nick Hudson quit his BHP job to become a push-up evangelist

Nick Hudson, founder of the Push-Up Challenge, wants to take the challenge global.

The former engineer wants to improve mental health around the globe, one push-up at a time.

Australian voters back plans to keep gas on tap

The poll found that 75 per cent of voters supported a domestic gas reservation policy to ensure a steady supply of gas to households and businesses.

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Watching Harley Reid play footy has made me feel hopeful again

With so much grief and worry in the world right now, these people feel like the antidote. They turn everyday things into acts of beauty.

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Swimming

‘I just wanted the pain to end’: Olympic gold medallist’s sudden retirement

Medal-winning machines ... Kaylee Mckeown, Chelsea Hodges, Emma Mckeon and Cate Campbell after winning the 4x100m medley relay.

A member of Australia’s Olympic gold medal-winning women’s 4x100m medley team has called time on her swimming career just months before Paris.

All 18 AFL clubs put on notice over racism class action

All clubs have been warned they could be targeted over historical racism claims in a class action led by Phil Krakouer and including at least six other footballers who played between 1975 and 2022.

Why the brands Australia has loved and eaten for decades are up for sale

Fonterra chief executive Miles Hurrell.

One of the nation’s largest dairy processors is pulling the plug on Australia. But it’s just the latest domino to fall in a sector that has been dwindling for decades.

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Why I’m grateful for Baby Reindeer, the anti-hero alternative we desperately need

In all the discussion about stalking Baby Reindeer has provoked, no one has discussed how writers themselves can be predatory - but what are they hunting?

In this era of self-congratulatory and safe memoirs, the Netflix series dares to be dangerous.

Mark Mordue
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Religion

Confessions of a disabled parking sticker offender

Last Sunday, I took my mother to church and committed many sins.

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THE PEOPLE OF PERTH

Three things I love: Perth’s banh mi royalty share their day on a plate

Three things I love: Perth’s banh mi royalty share their day on a plate

Warning: after reading about a typical Saturday “food adventure” for Perth’s “banh mi king and queen” and their Mini-Me, your cravings will be uncontrollable.

HBF’s 2024 Run for a Reason.
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HBF Run For a Reason 2024: In Pictures

Thousands of people converged in Perth on Sunday to run for charity.

Western Australia

Dylan Soklich died on Wednesday night after the car he was a passenger in hit a tree.

‘Sweetest soul’: Teen killed in Gooseberry Hill crash remembered

Dylan Soklich,16, was a passenger in the back of a car that hit a tree and rolled on a Perth Hills road on Wednesday night.

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Courts

18 months in prison for bashing girl, 6, over head with a cricket ball

A 36-year-old woman has been jailed for assaulting her six-year-old step-daughter.

A Perth woman has been jailed for 18 months after violently beating her six-year-old stepdaughter, leaving horrific bruises.

Transperth driver sacked after boy dragged 300m by bus

Jeremy Thompson was injured in a bus accident earlier this month.

On Thursday Perth Transport Authority said the driver responsible for dragging a boy 300 metres by a bus which left him with a broken pelvis and hand and two skin grafts, has been sacked.

Court delays WA senator’s trust probe as Higgins, Sharaz prepare to get married

Brittany Higgins outside the Federal Court in Sydney last November, with partner David Sharaz (left) and lawyer Leon Zwier.

Brittany Higgins’ lawyers have successfully delayed a highly charged document swap as she and fiancee David Sharaz prepare to tie the knot.

Dutton to name nuclear sites within weeks. Could Collie be on the list?

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has dismissed the costs of nuclear cited in the latest report from CSIRO.

Despite a day of confusion among senior MPs about the timing of opposition energy policy, the nuclear plan is imminent.

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Albanese to voters: I feel your cost-of-living pain

Albanese to voters: I feel your cost-of-living pain

The prime minister will tell voters hit hard by the rising cost of living that he feels their pain and has not forgotten what it is like to “struggle and strive”.

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Property prices have soared out of reach for many households.

‘People feel cheated’: Cut to home buyer budgets leaves households reeling

Workers are feeling ‘pretty distressed’ to realise the basics of life have slipped further out of reach than even in the recent past.

Nox in the Talofa hinterland near Byron Bay sold for $12 million to animation pioneer Zareh Nalbandian.

He sold his studio to Netflix for $700m. Then he went on a $120m property spree

The Animal Logic co-founder has taken to real estate in a big way in recent years, and his $12 million Byron Bay cash buy is just his latest acquisition.

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Days gone by: Jim and Phil Krakouer were two of the AFL’s most exciting players in the 1980s.
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AFL 2024

All 18 AFL clubs put on notice over racism class action

All clubs have been warned they could be targeted over historical racism claims in a class action led by Phil Krakouer and including at least six other footballers who played between 1975 and 2022.

Medal-winning machines ... Kaylee Mckeown, Chelsea Hodges, Emma Mckeon and Cate Campbell after winning the 4x100m medley relay.
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Swimming

‘I just wanted the pain to end’: Olympic gold medallist announces sudden retirement

A member of Australia’s Olympic gold medal-winning women’s 4x100m medley team has called time on her swimming career just months before Paris.

Teahupo’o wipeout,

Margaret River surfer explains why Teahupo’o is so perfect ... and terrifying

Five surfers have died at the iconic and infamous Tahitian break, venue for the Olympic competition in July, which translates as “place of skulls” in the local Polynesian dialect.

Australian basketball star Josh Giddey is no longer under police investigation.

NBA closes investigation into Josh Giddey’s alleged relationship with underage girl

The NBA has ended its investigation into Australian basketball star Josh Giddey for an alleged inappropriate relationship with a teenager, ESPN reported on Thursday.

Bulldog Aaron Naughton will be nervously awaiting scans.
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AFL 2024

Dogs learn Naughton’s fate as injuries mount heading into crucial stretch of season

The Bulldogs’ 14-point loss to premiership favourites Sydney was compounded by injuries to Anthony Scott, Aaron Naughton and Ed Richards.

Caitlin Foord and Arsenal coach Jonas Eidevall in Melbourne.

‘First for women’s football’: Gunners visit provides a platform for A-League

Matildas star Caitlin Foord and her Australian Arsenal teammates have a quick turnaround in Melbourne for an exhibition game that will help expose the A-Leagues to international scouts and audiences.

Jake Fraser-McGurk with David Warner in Dubai.

Warner breaks silence on Fraser-McGurk selection duel

David Warner won’t bite back at those who feel his Twenty20 World Cup spot should have been taken by Jake Fraser-McGurk.

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